Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Body Count by L. Eveland

5 reviews

booklifeisthelife's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I really enjoyed this book. It wasn't as dark as I was expecting though. The romance anyway. What made this book not five stars though was a few oddities I noticed.

One of them was near the end, River says I love you to Theo in a text and they talk about it after. Theo says river's never said it before. But that's not true? He said it in a previous chapter so that was very weird. Then Theo's knowledge was inconsistent. He didn't go to school, can't read, is unfamiliar with many things in the world but one meeting with War he's able to tell and identify he was OCD? Doesn't make sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Trafficking, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Grief, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

mararo's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

astral_disaster's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Rape

jessie_h's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

2.5

I'm going to rate this at 2.5 stars for now but it might go up to a 3 star rating later. I'm on the fence about this one. I am intrigued to see where the story goes. The queer representation is out of this world but it has several dark themes. I liked the characters and the crime family/funeral home setting. 

I'll probably read the next one but I wasn't overly wowed by this first book. The romance was pretty meh and I couldn't help but keep comparing it to another series featuring a family of psychopath vigilantes and wishing it was more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Medical content, and Abandonment

ashlikes's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment